The Belleville Senators have announced the rest of their coaching staff for the 2026-’27 season.
Last week, the team announced that they would be removing the “interim” tag and making Andrew Campbell the franchise’s fourth head coach in franchise history.
Campbell’s coaching group will include assistant coaches Stefan Legein and Joe Cirella, and goaltending coach Paul Gibson.
Cirella is the only newcomer to Belleville’s coaching staff this season, most recently spending the past eight seasons with the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames and was part of the affiliation move from the Stockton Heat in California to the Calgary Wranglers in Alberta.
His coaching experience also includes six seasons with the OHL’s Soo Greyhounds, a season with the OHL’s Peterborough Petes, six seasons with the OHL’s Oshawa Generals, and one season as an assistant coach with the NHL’s Florida Panthers.
Cirella was a fifth-overall pick by the Colorado Rockies in 1981 and played 828 NHL games with Ottawa, Florida, the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, New Jersey Devils, and Colorado.
Legein and Gibson return for their third seasons with the Belleville Senators.
